#hugyourself

[probablydointhemomthing]

i am completely in love with myself

[catsinthebagdesignposts]

What Love Says... Choose Love

A precious, joyous, loving, creative being you are. Laughing at the confusion life brings your way and in the moment recognizing a challenge to grow. Your heart opens ready to learn and stretch your inner being.

You are heart and soul wherever you are, own you, choose you, love you. Allow love to assist as you move through change, allow your heart to be open and courageous. Choosing love to create, you become powerful.

Begin your day with grateful thoughts, words, actions from an abundance of love within. Create a loving ending by choosing gratitude from your heart.

Consciously give yourself a hug and hug others with loving thoughts, words and actions. In doing so, you choose to create love within and create a frequency of love for all.

Choose love. Be OWLsome!

Jennifer R. Cook @catsinthebagdesignposts invites you to embrace love in your life and enjoy What Love Says series. 

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Cherish.

[idaiku17]

EN ESTE MES ESTEMOS ORGULLOSOS DE NOSOTR@S MISM@S, SIN IMPORTAR NADA. #pride🌈 #pridemonth #lgbt #lgbtq🌈 #sketch #loveislove #chukart #chuka #heart #girl #octopus🐙 #artistmexican #hugyourself #loveforyourself https://www.instagram.com/p/CQL7gd0jLbE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[messagefromthedaughters-blog]

The Dark Place

Overwhelmed

by RDC

Blaring music coming from 

the speakers

Voices heard throughout the hall

And it is the fast and hard pounding 

of my heart

that is the loudest of them all

So many dark thoughts

Are being entertained in my mind

But I can’t control or stop them

A solution I cannot find

Pray…I did that

Cry… I did that too

Sometimes I wonder if all 

this heartache

Is worth going through

I feel so hopeless

like no one cares

I’m not sure how much longer

this burden I can bear

The above poem, sent in by RDC, speaks of that dark place you experience when you have truly had enough.

God, Multiverse, Ancestors…I just can’t take any more

But here it comes - The ‘more’ you couldn’t take. 

No, not this. This will surely be the end of me. The end of it all. 

It’s just one more thing on a heaping pile of things that puts you over the edge to think you will not survive.

So here you are. Falling off the edge and dangling in limbo, the fire underneath. 

Now this is too much…

How will I get through this?

Will I get through this?

Do I even want to go on?

Your breathing becomes rapid and you are empty of tears. You feel drained. There’s no more fight left. 

Inhaling…Exhaling…

But yet, you breathe, even without permission.

Relief, where are you? 

But only echoes of nothingness fill the air. Feelings like disappearing take over because you just can’t do anymore.

Inhaling…Exhaling…

You know what? At this moment, be sad. Be angry. Be frustrated. Clench your fist if you must. Grab that pillow, lean in, and let that scream out.

Inhaling…Exhaling…

And if the tears flow, let them flow until they empty you of the strain and comfort you. 

Just lay there if you’re inclined to do so. Remain in the stillness that envelopes you in this time. 

Inhaling…Exhaling…

When these feelings are there, face them, accept them. Honor this very human part of you.  It doesn’t make you weak or less than but rather just the opposite.  Facing these moments and allowing your being to run its course naturally can prevent blow-ups or underlying rage and longer states of depression. 

But now what? What to do next?

Unfortunately, the answer may not come at this moment. But this post is about being where you are. Accepting the state that you’re in. And breathing throughout. As human beings, we will feel a range of emotions, and we must accept these states if we’re to overcome them.  In other words, ignoring these feelings will cause them to underline everything that we do, think, and feel. 

Inhaling…Exhaling…

You’re still breathing. And this may be the only thing you can do at this moment.

[glowdropspure]

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem & smarter than you think. #mondaymotivation #bebrave #bebrilliant #monday #motivation #bestrong #besmart #thinksmart #thinkpositively #loveyourself #hugyourself #beyourself #bekindtoyourself #selflove #selfcare #bethebestyou (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN1q0khnw08/?utm_medium=tumblr

[frederickstrascheillustration]

#socialdistancing does not aply to the clouds ;)

[supportblackart]

@fatou.who 🖤 ‘trying to hug my spirit guides’ 2020 [24”x36”] #oilpainting by #fatouridgird viewed in harmony with a sketch of the aftermath of brushing my teeth july 25, of 2018. while in the bathroom one morning i was picked up with this sudden euphoric apprechiation for life and overcome with extreme gratitude i attempted to hug my spirit guides. in the same breath i was filled with frustration by the inability to embrace that which continues to have my back and love me every single day. after the dance, i sketched the episode above in remembrance. now i am sharing this painting in appreciation of that moment and the ever-growing love for my guides and yours. for the record, i am able to embrace myself, which is a great equivalent. hug yourself today. #supportblackart #fatouridgird #spiritguides #blackart #newarkartist #njartist #hugyourself https://www.instagram.com/p/CFHtWduB8TG/?igshid=eyq6eicomw0w

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[uarelikeaholyspirit]

don't let go yourself...

[svbranches]

“You deserve someone who makes you feel like the otherworldly creature you are. Yourself.” —Amanda Lovelace #selflove #selfesteem #hugyourself #innerpeace #love #livingfromtheinsideout #joy #bepatient #grownfolkshit #maturity https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfdc9KJmXecupCc9YONYxCJiI1Tg2Qeh3QvxI0/?igshid=14hnpjgz8yfr9

[selenajoytarot]

Self forgiveness ~ be kind to yourself. Life sometimes can be hard enough without you giving yourself a hard time about things you've done or said in the past.......lighten up and give yourself a hug ♡ well done for Becoming the wonderful person you are ♡ #lightenup #forgiveness #selfcare #selflove #selfforgiveness #welldone #hugyourself (at Brentwood, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvTWBWFhGPu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m2fwvqjijbdu

[r-v-ayeee]

daily reminder: be kind to yourself 💕

[indog]

#celebratelifepodcast 3 YRS anniversary print

Title: Life is always now Screenprint silver on paper 25x35cm limited - 40 pieces Year: 2022 Celebrate Life is a DIY youth culture platform since 2011 and always supporting upcoming and new initiatives for better living and believing in philanthropic and human society. Production of this print was made for the full benefit of living and supporting culture. Buying this print is a donation for a sustainable future for our podcast and raising a new cultural vibe in our city Skopje. Life is always now remember!

[messagefromthedaughters-blog]

Discovering Self-Love

Author bell hooks once wrote, “When we can see ourselves as we truly are and accept ourselves, we build the necessary foundation for self-love…” Part of my reasons for starting a blog is to relay and amplify messages from daughters far and wide. The following poem about self-love was written by the talented and beautiful LaShay Shorter. Peep her words:

Love Thyself by Lala

I stopped looking for love 

when I noticed love wasn't looking for me…

Love didn't care that I cried 

Or died deep inside 

From the hurt it implied 

You see love never lived here 

It came to visit but it couldn't stay. 

I tried to lay 

My life on the line for love 

But love didn't care 

‘Cause deep down inside love knew 

I wasn't true to it. 

It was a temporary fix 

It was just there to fill a void 

A hole 

A missing peace to the puzzle 

That was me. 

Love could never love me 

Until I loved myself 

No matter the crave I had for it. 

I wanted it to pour into me 

Until I overflowed 

But it just leaked out the hole 

Until I fixed that crack in me. 

I had to love me 

I had to appreciate me 

And know that if love ever left me 

I would still be whole 

I would still be me 

Nothing more and nothing less.

Nothing more. Nothing less. Thank you Lala for sharing such a beautiful reminder that love begins with us. Radical self-love happens when we love ourselves no matter who shows up. This poem speaks to the heart of that and I am grateful for it. How have you experienced self-love?